During
today's earnings call for the first fiscal quarter of 2016 (fourth calendar quarter), analyst Gene Munster asked Tim Cook to share his thoughts on
Virtual Reality in an effort to get a hint on whether or **t that's a feature
Apple is working on for future devices. "What are your thoughts on the VR theme?" Munster asked. "Is this a geeky niche or something that could go mainstream?"
In response, Tim Cook said that he does **t believe that
Virtual Reality is a niche. "It's really cool," he said. "And it has some interesting applications."
With
Virtual Reality products like the
Oculus Rift gaining in popularity, there has been speculation that
Apple will release some kind of
Virtual Reality or augmented
Reality feature in its iOS devices.
Apple reportedly has a
small team of employees working on exploring the augmented
Reality field.
Last week,
Apple hired one of the leading
Virtual Reality experts in the United States, Doug Bowman.
Apple has also made some recent acquisitions that point towards an interest in VR/AR, including augmented
Reality startup
Metaio, real-time motion capture firm
Faceshift, and expression analysis startup
Emotient.
Apple has also filed several patents for
Virtual Reality products over the years, including
video goggles, motion-sensing
3D virtual interfaces for iOS devices, and 3D "
hyper reality" displays.
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augmented reality,
virtual reality
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